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AGTC Announces Updated Development Plan for Its X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Clinical Program

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus...

Local Company Brings ‘Next Level’ 3D Printing Global

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Slice Engineering is a Gainesville-based tech startup that brings 3D printing to the next level. Cofounders Daniel Barousse...

UF Innovate | Ventures Invests in AbFero Pharmaceuticals

The University of Florida’s newly established venture fund, directed by UF Innovate | Ventures, has invested part of its inaugural fund in AbFero Pharmaceuticals, Inc....

Tiny Florida Medical Research Firm Faces Giant Challenge — COVID-19 Vaccine

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a Tampa-based medical research business with roots in Gainesville, found itself at a crossroads earlier...

Collaboration Aims to Cure Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain

The Facial Pain Research Foundation (FRPF) and researchers at the University of Florida are collaborating to combat a chronic facial pain disorder, trigeminal neuralgia (TN)...

New Study Shows Common Diabetes Drug Improves Symptoms in Genetic Form of ALS in Mice

University of Florida neuroscientists showed in a mouse-model study that metformin, a widely prescribed drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat...

Montagu Private Equity LLP Completes Acquisition of the RTI Surgical OEM Business

Montagu Private Equity LLP, a leading European private equity firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin...

UF Team Hopes to Finish Designing Affordable Post-Disaster Housing by 2021

A UF team is working on a project, known as Advanced Modular Housing Design, which aims to provide a safe and affordable housing option for...

UF Researchers Receive Funding to Address Pain in Older Adults

University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville researchers were awarded a Florida Blue Foundation 2019 Quality of Patient Care Grant for $275,000 to implement...

UF/IFAS Experts Outline Hurricane Prep, Recovery for Citrus Growers

Like all farmers, Florida’s citrus producers must prepare for the worst before a hurricane strikes. That’s why Fernando Alferez co-wrote a manual that gives growers...

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